Asus Rampage III Extreme

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	19.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	48.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus Rampage III Extreme (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1776 x 1000 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100716
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '20 at 23:24
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 X 980-$148 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1366, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.35 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 95.1 1-Core 88.1 2-Core 173 71% 119 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 519 54% 432 Pts	64-Core 655 40% 655 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5970 (Crossfire Disabled) 1,620 User benchmarks, average bench 17% XFX(1682 3022) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Lighting 27.4 Reflection 14.9 Parallax 25.3 22% 22.5 fps	MRender 12.5 Gravity 21.1 Splatting 19.1 15% 17.6 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB-$188 785 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 186 189 189 189 189 MB/s Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	48.9% Average	Read 237 Write 186 Mixed 191 SusWrite 187 45% 201 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 56 4K Mixed 13.4 88% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 31.3 DQ Write 83.1 DQ Mixed 14.7 23% 43 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 67%
Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB-$188 785 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 238GB free Firmware: 0002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 186 186 187 188 187 MB/s Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	48.3% Average	Read 238 Write 196 Mixed 200 SusWrite 183 46% 204 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 56.1 4K Mixed 13 87% 32 MB/s	DQ Read 30.7 DQ Write 78.1 DQ Mixed 14.3 22% 41 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 67%
Crucial RealSSD C300 256GB-$188 785 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 238GB free Firmware: 0002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 189 189 188 188 188 MB/s Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	48% Average	Read 237 Write 84.2 Mixed 191 SusWrite 188 39% 175 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 54.2 4K Mixed 13.1 85% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 30.4 DQ Write 75.7 DQ Mixed 14.4 22% 40.2 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 6 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	40% Below average	MC Read 15 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 10.8 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 11.5 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 56.7 70% 56.7 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 45%

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Gaming 77%

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Desktop 79%

Battleship

Workstation 65%

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Motherboard: Asus Rampage III Extreme

CPU
Core i7 X 980Intel $148Bench 76%, 8,133 samples	146x
Core i7-950Intel $100Bench 66%, 36,389 samples	128x
Core i7 X 990Intel $499Bench 78%, 4,994 samples	94x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	57x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	39x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	39x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	22x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	21x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	20x

RAM
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples	172x
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples	86x
6x2GBUnknownBench 46%, 38,297 samples	80x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $628

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16